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When I was very
young I dreamed a lot and in color too! It seemed strange to me that
doctors and people in the know insisted that we dreamed in
black and white. At that time, any research done around the world on
dreams was considered to be fantasy or at best an opportunity to analyze
the mental state of a patient.
These days we have a different attitude. People love to sit around with
a cool drink and discuss their dreams in detail, that is, if they can
remember them. Usually, the dreams they do remember seem to be full of
inexplicable happenings that make no real sense to the logical mind.
Fragmented moments, filled with emotional concerns colored by negative
fear, anger, pain or guilt or joyful moments embracing love, the arts,
music or something mystical seem to be the main focus. Whatever type
of dream one has, to the dreamer’s rational mind, it is a mystery,
but not to the psychotherapist. To the mind of a Psychotherapist each
aspect of a dream is vitally important. The more that can be recounted,
the more information there is to help the patient.
Dreams occur at different times in the night. You begin to dream as you
fall asleep. These early dreams are the way you separate the important
from the unimportant happenings of your day. For example, if you went
to the hospital, you will correlate it with all the other times you have
been to a hospital throughout your life and file it away for inner learning.
While going shopping for groceries may well be dumped out as unimportant,
because there was nothing to learn. That is as far as your conscious
mind is concerned. During these early dreams you will mix up the events
of the day. Shopping may be integrated with the hospital and a local
movie you saw, or housework may be mixed with doctors fixing the house.
Whatever you dream, your conscious mind is in control. Then when the
work is done, you fall into deep slumber.
Slowly you drift into the subconscious mind and on deeper into the deep-subconscious
mind, were all your entire experiences in life have been stored. Now
you are busy at work dreaming out scenarios that will help you understand
your past, look at the present and plan the future. Here in these dreams
you will embrace the full extent of your emotions. Fears will control
you as you work out your insecurities. Anger will rage as you discover
your inabilities. Pain will knock at your heart as you face your emotional
traumas and guilt will grind you teeth as you face your own lack of self-worth
and value. Yes, in this state you become your own Psychologist. Once
you have faced those awful aspects of yourself, you will dream the answers
- guiding and counseling yourself through a maze of circumstances that
give you a chance to see yourself and your capabilities.
Each simple picture is a message worth more than a thousand words. Each
image is a symbol of your own inner counsel. No matter who you know in
your dream, they are the mirror of you for you to see yourself. Nothing
in these dreams is about anyone else. Dreams about finding a bathroom
and relief are ways to release negative history and face your embarrassments.
Some dreams about difficult situations where you feel trapped are about
your mindsets that prevent you from change. Still other dreams may horrify
you as your fight to survive, letting you know that you have not valued
and honored yourself with the things you like to do. Those dreams that
delight you are the nurturers that instill faith and trust in yourself
and your abilities.
Once you have done your homework, you will once again slip into deep
sleep while you assimilate all this information in your subconscious
mind and prepare for the future. By now, early morning is dawning. You
may stir as you awaken from what appears to be a prophetic dream. “The
plane is crashing and it looks like your life is ending”. You sweat
and feel the fear. You know it is only a dream, but it seems so real.
This is the way your subconscious mind tells your conscious mind that
the old you is dead and the new you is born. In the days to come you
will find you have a new point of view about yourself and those you interact
with. This stirring dream has exhausted you as you drift once more into
sleep.
Just before waking to rise, the last set of dreams is the assimilations
of your brain’s work thought the night. You dream a symbolic list
of pictures that make no sense when you try to connect them. If you can,
write them down as soon as you wake up. Each symbol or person will provide
great insight into your new point of view. For example, a rat looking
at you, could mean that you will face someone you fear, or you are painting
the outside of your house, which could mean that you are becoming aware
of the need to take care of deeper issues on the inside.
Whatever form your dreams take, they are only of interest to you. But
sharing them with another will help you to recall them and understand
more about yourself. There are several books available on dream analysis.
If you have a particular dream you want explained, then I will be happy
to help you.
For Further Information contact: Sumaris Center, 321 Farallon Drive Lake
Havasu City, AZ.86403.
Tel: (928) 453 7974, FAX 928 453 1715
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